Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:56:45 -0400
From: Gene Galin
Subject: IW – Campaign financial info for the BOC candidates

Chatham: Incumbents vs. coalition of challengers

Read the entire story at http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A257148

Scroll to the bottom of the web page to see pdfs of the actual financial documents

As of the April 28 reporting deadline, Patrick Barnes had raised $4,017, primarily from individual donations of $250 or less. His opponent in District 1, Sally Kost, had raised $4,147.

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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:35:07 -0400
From: Ann Watson
Subject: Problems with Bus Driver?

Has anyone ever had a problem with a bus driver here in Chatham?  My kids are having trouble with their bus driver and it seems like she has chosen them to be the scapegoat for everything that goes wrong on the bus.

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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:22:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: stephanie talbott
Subject: UGH!  campaign signs again

I do not typically agree with Steve Candelori, but with regard to campaign signs, I am on the same sheet of music.  Yes, it is illegal to remove them, unless of course, grass roots lobbying facilitates changes in the law.

In an age of mass communication and technological access to political messages and campaign activity, campaign signs seem a primitive vestige of the past and at best a seasonal ritual that has outlived its purpose.  I liken them to legal roadside litter.

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ate: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:48:59 -0400
From: John Bonitz
Subject: Vote for Cross and Barnes

Dear Neighbors,

I plan to vote for Mike Cross and Patrick Barnes because I trust them and I think they have done excellent work.  It’s a tough job we ask our County Commissioners to do, and both have done it admirably well.

While I haven’t agreed with every vote they’ve cast, in the end – as more facts emerged – I decided they were right to vote the way they did.  Some folks disagree.  And a small number of them are spreading distortions and deceptions.  If you are still undecided about our County Commissioner’s race, then I would urge you to consider the following:

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